Another week of GW news - March 19
H. E. Taylor
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17798>
2006/03/14: UN: Greenhouse gases reach highest level ever recorded, UN agency reports
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031506EC.shtml>
2006/03/15: TruthOut: Level of Climate Change Gases Hits Record High
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8850-atmospheric-cosub2sub-accumulating-faster-than-ever.html>
2006/03/15: NewScientist: Atmospheric CO2 accumulating faster than ever
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8c3ca6b4-b3c9-11da-89c7-0000779e2340.html>
2006/03/15: FT: Level of climate change gases hits record high
[WMO: 377 ppm & 1.8ppm/y -- NOAA: 381 ppm & 2.6ppm/y]
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53844>
2006/03/14: ClimateArk: Global warming gases at highest levels ever - UN
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4803460.stm>
2006/03/14: BBC: Sharp rise in CO2 levels recorded [to 381 ppm]
US climate scientists have recorded a significant rise in the concentration
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, pushing it to a new record level.
<http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=uri%3a2006-03-14T162152Z_01_L14557931_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-GREENHOUSE.xml>
2006/03/14: Reuters: Global warming gases at highest levels ever: UN
The hurricane wars have been rejoined:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060313/full/060313-12.html>
2006/03/16: NSU: Warming seas cause stronger hurricanes -
Mega-storms are set to increase as the climate hots up
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000051A6-DE14-1419-9E1483414B7F0000>
2006/03/17: SciAm: Statistical Analysis Bolsters Theory Linking Warmer Oceans to Stronger
Hurricanes
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-hurricanes17mar17,1,2650570.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true>
2006/03/17: LA Times: Storm Intensity Tied to Warming of Sea Surfaces
<http://www.physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/3/13/1>
2006/03/16: PhysicsWeb: Hurricane intensity linked to warmer oceans
<http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hswarm174664823mar17,0,3345722.story>
2006/03/17: Newsday: Oceans' trend isn't cool
Increasingly severe hurricanes seen since 1970, researchers say,
is a result of rising sea surface temperatures
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0316_060316_hurricanes.html>
2006/03/17: NatGeo: Warming Oceans Are Fueling Stronger Hurricanes, Study Finds
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/major_new_paper_on_hurricanes.php>
2006/03/16: CCM: Major New Paper on Hurricanes and Global Warming
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/giot-rrs031606.php>
2006/03/16: Eureka: Research re-examines strong hurricane studies -
Studies link strong storms with rising sea surface temperatures
<http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/060316_hurricane_sst.html>
2006/03/16: LS: Warmer Seas Creating Stronger Hurricanes, Study Confirms
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1733067,00.html>
2006/03/17: Guardian(UK): Global warming blamed for increasing force of hurricanes
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/disasters/000746forbidden_fruit_jus.html>
2006/03/15: Prometheus: Forbidden Fruit: Justifying Energy Policy via Hurricane Mitigation
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/hurricane_season_2006_gloom_an.php>
2006/03/15: CCM: Hurricane Season 2006: Early Gloom and Doom
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/14/203622/478>
2006/03/14: OilDrum: National Hurricane Center and the Likelihood of Hurricanes
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/13/154143/792>
2006/03/13: GristMill: Decoupling Katrina and climate change
Meanwhile in the Pacific:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1595537.htm>
2006/03/19: ABC(Au): Cyclone Larry building to category 5 off far north Qld coast
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1595554.htm>
2006/03/20: ABC(Au): Severe cyclone continues march towards far north Qld coast
Something odd happened (rather, didn't happen) in the Arctic this year:
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0317_060317_arctic_ice.html>
2006/03/17: NatGeo: Arctic Ice Isn't Refreezing in the Winter, Satellites Show
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53810>
2006/03/14: ClimateArk: Climate change 'irreversible' as Arctic sea ice fails to re-form
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060314-012005-6432r>
2006/03/14: UPI: Arctic global warming may be irreversible
<http://www.physorg.com/news11743.html>
2006/03/14: PhysOrg: Arctic global warming may be irreversible
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-13-03.asp>
2006/03/13: ENS: Global Warming Impact on Polar Ice Sheets Confirmed
While another Arctic study has highlighted the effect of ozone:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/nsfc-sl031406.php>
2006/03/14: Eureka: Study links 'smog' to Arctic warming
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/troposphere_ozone.html>
2006/03/14: NASA: Study Links "Smog" to Arctic Warming
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10065>
2006/03/15: ENN: NASA Says Northern Ozone Pollution Spurs Arctic Warming
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/sc_nm/environment_arctic_dc>
2006/03/14: Yahoo: Northern ozone pollution spurs Arctic warming: NASA
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/14/another-major-non-co2-climate-forcing-of-global-warming/>
2006/03/15: CliSci: Another Major Non-CO2 Climate Forcing of Global Warming [ozone]
And there is a raft of other research there:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060318232703.htm>
2006/03/18: SciDaily: New Test Of Snow's Thickness May 'Bear' Results
Key To Polar Climate Studies, Wildlife Habitat
<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMTQUNVGJE_planet_0.html>
2006/03/17: ESA: Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/snowdogs.html>
2006/03/17: NASA: Scientists in Dogged Pursuit of Amount of Snow on Earth
Embark on Arctic Trek
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4806146.stm>
2006/03/15: BBC: Huge polar initiative announced - International Polar Year (IPY)
Next year, thousands of scientists from around the world will begin
the most intensive period of research on the polar regions in half a century.
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/snow_thick.html>
2006/03/15: NASA: New Test of Snow's Thickness May 'Bear' Results
Key to Polar Climate Studies, Wildlife Habitat
<http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/03/_ice_caps.html>
2006/03/15: BDL: Ice Caps
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/14/04851/2627>
2006/03/14: OilDrum: Polar ice cap
A survey paper on the last 100 years of hydrology research surprised some:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060317114727.htm>
2006/03/17: SciDaily: Century Of Data Shows Intensification Of Water Cycle
But No Increase In Storms Or Floods
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/usgs-cod031506.php>
2006/03/15: Eureka: Century of data shows intensification of water cycle
but no increase in storms or floods
The US Climate Change report has been released:
<http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap1-1/default.htm>
2006/03/17: USCCS: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere:
Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences [Third Draft]
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/17/a-further-example-of-the-conflict-of-interest-on-the-ccsp-committee/>
2006/03/17: CliSci: A Further Discussion of the Conflict of Interest on the CCSP Committee
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/17/ccsp-advocacy-report-appears/>
2006/03/17: CliSci: CCSP Report and Response to Public Comments Appears -
Confirmation of the Advocacy Position of the Committee
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/16/conflict-of-interest-in-the-ccsp-report-temperature-trends-in-the-lower-atmosphere-steps-for-understanding-and-reconciling-differences/>
2006/03/16: CliSci: Conflict of Interest in the CCSP Report
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/the_ccsp_report_endgame_temper.php>
2006/03/17: Stoat: The CCSP report endgame: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere:
Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences
A paper by Vladimir Shaidurov was circulated in the press under a startling
PR style headline which generated a lot of controversy:
<http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510042>
2006/03/06: Arxiv: (abs) Atmospheric hypotheses' of Earth's global warming
by Vladimir Shaidurov
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=271>
2006/03/15: RealClimate: Meteors, Nuclear Tests and Global Warming
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060314170208.htm>
2006/03/14: SciDaily: Greenhouse Theory Smashed By Biggest Stone;
Is Global-warming Down To Humanity? Or Are Other Factors At Work?
<http://www.physorg.com/news11710.html>
2006/03/14: PhysOrg: Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uol-gts031306.php>
2006/03/14: Eureka: Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone
Remember that glacier in Switzerland they covered with plastic?:
<http://www.desmogblog.com/an-ugly-climate-cover-up-in-switzerland>
2006/03/17: DeSmogBlog: An "Ugly Climate Cover-up" in Switzerland
In Argentina, there is another melting glacier:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53867>
2006/03/14: ClimateArk: Argentina's "White Giant" glacier sheds huge chunks
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10055>
2006/03/14: ENN: Tourists in Vigil of Patagonian Glacier
And that report on the 10 kya Scandinavian Ice Sheet suggests parallels:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060314232724.htm>
2006/03/15: SciDaily: Study Offers Preview Of Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Changes
<http://www.earth.columbia.edu/news/2006/story03-14-06.php>
2006/03/14: EI: Study Offers Preview of Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Changes
Behavior of Scandinavian Ice Sheet at the end of the last Ice Age may
preview loss of Greenland Ice Sheet due to global warming
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060312210108.htm>
2006/03/12: SciDaily: Study Previews Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Change [10kya]
The impacts of GW are becoming clearer:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1734438,00.html>
2006/03/19: Guardian(UK): Olives are the new English roses -
Gardening book signals a Mediterranean revolution in dried-up gardens
<http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18517982%255E949,00.html>
2006/03/19: SundayTimes: Warm seas great barrier to coral
<http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=38823>
2006/03/18: FijiTimes: Sea level increase causes concern
<http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/climatechange-oil17032006.html>
2006/03/17: CBC: Pipeline proponents need to consider climate change: Environment Canada
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1592050.htm>
2006/03/15: ABC(Au): CO2 emissions damaging coral reefs [by acidifying water]: study
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/sc_nm/weather_noaa_outlook_dc>
2006/03/16: Yahoo: Drought may worsen in US Southwest, Plains: NOAA
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35698/story.htm>
2006/03/17: PlanetArk: Drought May Worsen in US Southwest, Plains -- NOAA
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35668/story.htm>
2006/03/16: PlanetArk: Indian Ocean Coral May Die in 50 Years - Researcher
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10071>
2006/03/16: ENN: In Northwestern Kenya, Drought Has Tribes Fighting for Water
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/263049_joel15.html>
2006/03/15: SeattlePI: Evidence of the warming West is everywhere
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-03-16T195303Z_01_WBT004992_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-NOAA-OUTLOOK.xml&rpc=22>
2006/03/16: Reuters: Drought may worsen in US Southwest, Plains: NOAA
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060316/D8GCB76GA.html>
2006/03/15: AP: Wildfires Push Deeper Into Texas Panhandle
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35684/story.htm>
2006/03/16: PlanetArk: Climate Threat to Chemicals, Building-Report
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/4805318.stm>
2006/03/15: BBC: North-eastern Kenya could take 15 years to recover
from the effects of drought, aid agency Oxfam has warned.
<http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=58&ArticleID=17343&TM=57545.85> 2006/02/27: MDH: Is America facing yet another dust bowl?
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/2006-03-13-09.asp#anchor1>
2006/03/13: ENS: Global Warming Forecast to Melt Pacific Northwest Snowpack
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53823>
2006/03/14: ClimateArk: Ghostly coral bleachings haunt the world's reefs
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35624/story.htm>
2006/03/14: PlanetArk: Drought Forces Thames Water to Impose Hosepipe Ban
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/4805574.stm>
2006/03/14: BBC: At least seven people have been killed by wildfires
in the drought-hit US state of Texas, officials
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/england/4799446.stm>
2006/03/13: BBC: Hosepipes banned by Thames Water -
two unusually dry winters have caused "serious" water shortages
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/13/tech/main1391827.shtml>
2006/03/13: CBS: Glaciers Melting In Montana Park
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53798>
2006/03/13: ClimateArk: Drought Threat Seen in Europe
Agriculture, the electricity sector and energy-intensive industries
could be among those hardest hit because of a lack of hydropower.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53794>
2006/03/13: ClimateArk: Texas fires burn half a million acres
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53771>
2006/03/13: ClimateArk: Canada: Warmer winters lift bug barrier -
Decline of cold snaps allows rise of destructive pests
The question of GW and emerging diseases has arisen again:
<http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/mar/science/jp_climatechange.html>
2006/03/15: ACS: Will global climate change worsen infectious diseases?
The growing body of research linking climate to the spread of human and
animal infectious diseases includes some ominous predictions,
but long-range forecasts remain uncertain.
WRI came out with their Climate Science 2005 report:
<http://climate.wri.org/climatescience-pub-4175.html>
2006/03/15: WRI: Climate science 2005: Major new discoveries
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10077>
2006/03/16: ENN: Global Warming Reaches 'Tipping Point,' [WRI] Report Says
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://technology-post.com/tech/?p=355>
2006/03/19: TechPost: Scientists recommend immediate action to mitigate
climate-change effects
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/eaps-tc031706.php>
2006/03/17: Eureka: Tiny 'cages' could trap carbon dioxide and help stop climate change
<http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=30605>
2006/03/15: GreenBiz: Cooler Business Clothes Helped Cut [Japanese] CO2 Emissions in 2005
Some are looking to carbon sequestration:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35621/story.htm>
2006/03/14: PlanetArk: US Hopes to Reverse Oil Decline by Burying CO2
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM57UNVGJE_planet_0.html>
2006/03/17: ESA: Through a satellite darkly: Night views of European seas
improve ESA ocean heat map
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoh-uwr031706.php>
2006/03/17: Eureka: Unique weather radar to investigate snowfall
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060312211757.htm>
2006/03/15: SciDaily: NASA Finds Stronger Storms Change Heat And Rainfall Worldwide
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060312214107.htm>
2006/03/13: SciDaily: Bering Sea Ecosystem Responding To Changes In Arctic Climate
<http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/social.bees.evolution.ssl.html>
2006/03/13: Cornell: The dating game: Social behavior of sweat bees
evolved with Earth's warming a mere 20 million years ago
For the 2012 Olympics, China is putting a 'Green Wall' of a billion trees around Bejing,
and then there is Turkmenistan:
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10064>
2006/03/15: ENN: Turkmen President [Saparmurat Niyazov] Orders Forest
Planted in His Desert Nation
UNESCO is worried about the impacts of climate change on World Heritage Sites:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4810826.stm>
2006/03/16: BBC: Tower of London on climate list
UN experts are meeting to determine the risks which climate change poses
to some of the world's special places. The UN's cultural and scientific wing
Unesco says climate change threatens World Heritage Sites such as
the Great Barrier Reef and the Tower of London.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1731841,00.html>
2006/03/16: Guardian(UK): UN urged to save glaciers and reefs -
Emergency meeting debates protection of natural wonders
And on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35700/story.htm>
2006/03/17: PlanetArk: German [Achim Steiner] Named to Head UN Environment Agency [UNEP]
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/14/101314/456>
2006/03/14: GristMill: Job opening for the most important job in the world [IPCC PR]
While on the emissions trading front:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35671/story.htm>
2006/03/16: PlanetArk: Chicago Climate Exchange to Expand in US Northeast
And on the American political front:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031601887_pf.html>
2006/03/18: WashPost: Panel Backs Emissions Standards
An independent panel of engineers and health and public policy experts
assembled by the National Research Council has concluded that the nation
will benefit if California remains free to set automobile emissions standards
that are more restrictive than federal rules.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54037>
2006/03/17: ClimateArk: States Win Suit to Stop New EPA Standards
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/nasas_course_correction.php>
2006/03/14: CCM: NASA's Course Correction
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/science_policy_general/000747politicization_101_.html>
2006/03/17: Prometheus: Politicization 101: Segregating Scientists According to Political
Orientation
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306EA.shtml>
2006/03/13: TruthOut: NASA Puts Its Weight Behind Warming Signs
<http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0314-22.htm>
2006/03/14: CDreams: LA Times: A Climate Change of Heart -
Even Bush's business allies have seen the light on global warming. But he's dug in.
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/inhofe-inquisition/>
2006/03/11: CSW: Senator Inhofe Launches Inquisition Probing Climate Research Organization
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/mahlman-lautenbacher/>
2006/03/10: CSW: Former NOAA Lab Director: "Climate scientists within NOAA
have been prevented from speaking freely"
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/nytimes-mahlman/>
2006/03/05: CSW: Former NOAA Lab Director: U.S. in "state of deep denial"
on global warming
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/senate-commerce-committee-lautenbacher/>
2006/02/24: CSW: Senate committee lets Adm. Lautenbacher off the hook
on NOAA media restrictions
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/ams-statement/>
2006/02/23: CSW: American Meteorological Society statement on freedom
of scientific expression
Meanwhile in the UK:
<http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=419292006>
2006/03/17: Scotsman: Climate change 'No 1 threat' says Charles
<http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=380292006>
2006/03/14: Scotsman: Centre's closure 'disarms' UK in global warming battle
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1730376,00.html>
2006/03/14: Guardian(UK): Decision to close climate change research sites
is flawed, say experts
And down under:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1595057.htm>
2006/03/18: ABC(Au): Opposition, Greens unimpressed with climate strategy paper
<http://abc.net.au/news/items/200603/1594239.htm>
2006/03/17: ABC(Au): Greens get little comfort from greenhouse gas pledge
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1593329.htm>
2006/03/16: ABC(Au): Coal industry looks to cut greenhouse gases
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1594239.htm>
2006/03/17: ABC(Au): Greens get little comfort from greenhouse gas pledge
<http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18484143-5001028,00.html>
2006/03/15: DailyTel: Coal industry to fight greenhouse -
Australian black coal industry will commit $300 million over the next
five years to advance technologies to cut greenhouse emissions.
<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Institute_of_Public_Affairs>
SourceWatch on the Institute for Public Affairs
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1591881.htm>
2006/03/14: ABC(Au): Climate change may spark new farm opportunities
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53848>
2006/03/14: ClimateArk: Australia: Beazley's tepid climate policy has
failure written all over it
In Canada, the minority Conservative govt is having second thoughts about Kyoto:
<http://www.desmogblog.com/canadian-climate-change-policy-tories-repent>
2006/03/15: DeSmogBlog: Canadian Climate Change Policy: Tories Repent
<http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/03/15/1488769-sun.html>
2006/03/15: Canoe: Feds refuse to say no to Kyoto -
Conservatives say they won't opt out of protocol despite concerns
Apocalypso anyone?:
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=56&ItemID=9900>
2006/03/14: ZMag: The Coming Resource Wars
America's closest ally has announced that climate change has
ushered in an era of violent conflict over energy, water and arable land.
<http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=385972006>
2006/03/15: Scotsman: Climate change: Only 10 years to act [CO2 levels]
There was more on wacky weather:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1590696.htm>
2006/03/14: ABC(Au): South Korea gets rare yellow snowfall
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10057>
2006/03/14: ENN: Winter Warmest Ever on Record in Canada
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4806370.stm>
2006/03/14: BBC: Flooding swamps Bulgarian homes
Heavy rainfall has flooded thousands of homes in Bulgaria and caused
rivers to rise to dangerous levels in neighbouring Greece and Turkey.
And for your film & video enjoyment:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=53912>
2006/03/15: ClimateArk: Gore vouches for [An Inconvenient] "Truth"
Developing a new energy infrastructure is the fundamental challenge of
the current generation:
<http://www.energybulletin.net/14013.html>
2006/03/19: EnergyBulletin: Leaked plan: G8 Seeks to Promote "Trillions"
of Dollars of Investment in Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/17/content_4310275.htm>
2006/03/17: Xinhuanet: Fossil fuels expected to be basis of energy until 2050:
G8 statement
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031706EB.shtml>
2006/03/15: TruthOut: Dirtier Side Betrays Promise of "Clean Coal"
Between the coal-rich Appalachian Mountains and coal-hungry energy consumers
like the state of Ohio, critics say the concept of an eco-friendly use
for the fossil fuel is far more misnomer than reality.
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1594276.htm>
2006/03/17: ABC(Au): G8 divided on future energy supplies
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35692/story.htm>
2006/03/17: PlanetArk: Russia, US Push Nuclear Power at G8 Energy Meet
<http://www.technologyreview.com/BizTech/wtr_16595,296,p1.html>
2006/03/15: TechRev: A Supergrid for Europe
A radical proposal for a high-tech power grid could make possible
the continent's vast expansion of renewable energy sources.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1731881,00.html>
2006/03/16: Guardian(UK): Soya is not the solution to climate change
<http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/58085.html>
2006/03/15: Herald(UK): Cheap energy era is over, [senior MP, Tim] Yeo warns
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/13/BAG73HMU9C1.DTL&type=printable>
2006/03/13: SF Gate: A Hail Mary against global warming peril -
Cal grad student working on thin solar panel
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/14/content_4302428.htm>
2006/03/14: Xinhuanet: Contract for largest windmill powers wind energy
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10058>
2006/03/14: ENN: Ethanol Producers Encouraged by New Study
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060314085423.htm>
2006/03/14: SciDaily: Ultra-clean Coal:
Could The Price Now Be Right To Help Fight Climate Change?
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/13/npower13.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/13/ixhome.html>
2006/03/13: Telegraph(UK): Power struggle over miniature wind turbines
<http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2006/03/13/columnists/editorial/view1.txt>
2006/03/13: AD: Latest hype for alternate energy feels like déją vu
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-03-12-letters-energy_x.htm>
2006/03/13: USAToday: Renewable energy is future; turn to aggressive strategy
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/eaps-uc031306.php>
2006/03/13: Eureka: Ultra-clean coal -
Could the price now be right to help fight climate change?
In particular insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the pressure:
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/263431_jackson19.html>
2006/03/19: SeattlePI: Reality of climate change hits insurers
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0315-04.htm>
2006/03/15: CDreams: IPS: States Calculate Global Warming Pricetag [insurance & NAIC]
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/15/insurance_industry_feels_the_heat_of_global_warming/>
2006/03/15: BostonGlobe: Insurance industry feels the heat of global warming
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/14/12316/0255>
2006/03/14: OilDrum: Anyone for insurance?
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/a_balanced_conference.php>
2006/03/15: Stoat: A "balanced" conference? [RP Sr.]
<http://www.desmogblog.com/accuracy-in-media-a-new-spin-on-the-spinners-spin>
2006/03/15: DeSmogBlog: Accuracy in Media: A New Spin on the Spinners Spin
<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Institute_of_Public_Affairs>
SourceWatch on the Institute for Public Affairs
Coby Beck is continuing his excellent "How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic" series:
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-to-talk-to-global-warming-sceptic.html>
2006/02/19: AFTIC: How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/mauna-loa-is-volcano.html>
2006/03/16: AFTIC: Mauna Loa is a Volcano
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/natural-emissions-dwarf-humans.html>
2006/03/15: AFTIC: Natural Emissions Dwarf Human's
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/geological-history-does-not-support.html>
2006/03/15: AFTIC: Geological History Does not Support CO2's Importance
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/null-hypothesis-says-it-natural.html>
2006/03/13: AFTIC: The Null Hypothesis Says it Natural
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/satellites-show-cooling.html>
2006/03/13: AFTIC: Satellites Show Cooling
And he gets praise from RealClimate:
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=270>
2006/03/13: RealClimate: Good climate debate FAQ
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031506EB.shtml>
2006/03/14: TruthOut: A Climate Change of Heart
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1731746,00.html>
2006/03/16: Guardian(UK): [Letters] BBC's climate change
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/who_says_global_warming_books.php>
2006/03/15: CCM: Who Says Global Warming Books Don't Sell?
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/14/9477/82215>
2006/03/14: GristMill: Correlation does not equal causality, but c'mon already
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/rick_piltz_website_launched.php>
2006/03/13: CCM: Rick Piltz Website Launched
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11745704/>
2006/03/13: MSNBC: NASA puts its weight behind warming signs
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/13/is-there-continued-stratosphere-cooling/>
2006/03/13: CliSci: Is there Continued Stratosphere Cooling?
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/disasters/000741reactions_to_searchi.html>
2006/03/13: Prometheus: Reactions to Searching for a Signal
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/two_new_blogs_misc.php>
2006/03/13: Stoat: Two new blogs & misc
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/talking_about_global_warming_a.php>
2006/03/13: Stoat: Talking about global warming and wikipedia
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/>
UIUC: Cryosphere Today
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/>
CSW: Climate Science Watch
LDEO: Persistent drought in North America: a climate modeling and paleoclimate perspective
<http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/>
<http://scienceblogs.com/>
ScienceBlogs
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/>
CCM: Chris C. Mooney (new URL)
Deltoid - Tim Lambert (new URL)
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/>
Stoat
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/>
UK RoyalSociety: Climate change documents
<http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/landing.asp?id=1278>
Ross Gelbspan: The Heat is Online
<http://www.heatisonline.org/>
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
<http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx>
EESI: Climate Change News
<http://www.eesi.org/publications/Newsletters/CCNews/ccnews.htm>
CMDL:NOAA: CCGG: Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group
<http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/>
EESI: Environmental and Energy Study Institute
<http://www.eesi.org/index.html>
EESI: Climate Change News
<http://www.eesi.org/publications/Newsletters/CCNews/ccnews.htm>
SPARC: Science Policy Assessment and Research on Climate
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sparc/>
Global Warming Factsheets
<http://www.greenhouse-warming.org.uk/>
Global Climate Change
<http://www.global-climate-change.org.uk/>
<regards>
-het
PS.
You can access the previous postings of this series at:
<http://tinyurl.com/9zyom>
which should open to:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&scoring=d&as_ugroup=sci.environment&as_usubject=%22Another+week+of+GW+news%22&&safe=off>
--
"You might think of a roller coaster riding the (Milankovitch) orbital
rails, with Heinrich-Bond bungee jumping off the roller coaster while
playing with a Dansgaard-Oeschger yo-yo." -Richard B. Alley [describing
global climate over last million years in Two Mile Time Machine]
Global Warming: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/globalwarming.html
GW News: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwnews.html
GW News Archive: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwna.html
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